Chapter 43: Teasing Yule

As the youngest son of the Monlin Sword Saint Bradley, Bessie received his father's devilish training since he was a child, and he was just in his early thirties, and he had already entered the ranks of senior swordsmen.

As a member of the Monlin Empire, Bessie always rushes to the front of the team, and is the perfect choice for Yule's men to charge into battle!

Compared with martial arts, Bessie was more concerned about the honors he had won in military affairs, and he hoped to become the 'first fierce general' of the Monlin Empire!

Today, Bessie finally waited for such an opportunity, as long as he can successfully occupy the west gate of Wimbledon, it is equivalent to helping Yule open the northern gate of the Dongyu Empire, and the title of 'No. 1 Warrior' will undoubtedly fall on his head."

The thought of this made Bessie's blood boil. After receiving Yule's orders, Bessie was the first to jump from the ground and quickly led a large army into Wimbleton.

Bessie quickly observed the surrounding situation, the battle for the city gate between the two sides was still ongoing, and the Monlin army that had entered the city through the tunnels was now in a precarious situation, and half of them had fallen to the ground. Bessie didn't have time to think about it, and hurriedly led his men to rush over to support.

At this time, the 'comrades-in-arms' who had just received the entry of Meng Lin's army into the city quietly closed the city gate. It's just a pity that the force led by Bessie ignored this move of the 'comrades'.

Seeing that the strength of these opponents in front of him was not strong, Bessie didn't bother to waste his fighting spirit on these people, he completely relied on his skills to enter the formation.

Bessie's 'comrades-in-arms' saw that reinforcements were also coming, and they quickly forced back the surrounding Dongyu army. It's just that they didn't chase after Dongyu's army, but instead surrounded Bexi with excited expressions.

Bessie felt that these 'comrades-in-arms' in front of him were very strange, and a mystery rose in her heart, and she felt as if she had overlooked something. But before Bessie could react, the 'comrades' had already surrounded him.

"What about your generals?" said Bessie, picking up the sword in his hand and looking around on guard.

At this moment, a black dagger suddenly entered his body silently. As Bessie felt the stabbing in, the energy in his body seemed to have found an outlet, and quickly entered the weapon. In a single breath, Bessie lost the ability to speak, and he collapsed to the ground, turning into a puddle of black water at a visible speed.

At this time, Bessie's men saw Catherine standing behind him. She stood there coldly with a dagger in her hand without the slightest light.

For today's action, Bob gave his 'Ghost Dagger' to Li Zijun, who in turn gave this terrible weapon to Catherine, so that she could eliminate the opponent's leader.

While losing their command, the Monlin army was attacked by their 'comrades' and they were thrown into complete disarray. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Dongyu army pressed the Monlin army into a street near the west gate according to Jihua.

When the Meng Lin army came to this street, they found that there was no other exit from this street except for the two ends, and the two ends of the street had been blocked by the Dongyu army, and the houses and courtyard walls on both sides of the street were already full of Dongyu soldiers. The most terrifying thing was that the Monlin army also found that their feet had been covered with straw and firewood.

With a "bang", a lit oil jar was thrown at the feet of the Meng Lin army, and the firewood and straw were instantly ignited. Immediately after that, countless oil jars were thrown down, and the place where the Monlin army was located immediately burst into flames.

Almost at the same time, the archers on the walls of the houses and courtyards began to shoot, and the dense rain of arrows formed a torrential rain that baptized the army of Monlin in the streets. Just one volley sent most of the Monlin soldiers to the ground. The most pitiful thing is that those Monlin soldiers who were not shot at the vital point had to endure not only the pain caused by the arrows, but also the torment of the fire! All of a sudden, the street seemed to become a purgatory, with weeping, wailing, and angry cursing incessantly!

At this time, the command system of the army that entered the city was completely paralyzed, and they fell into complete chaos. The soldiers who were lucky enough not to be shot were only thinking about how to escape from this purgatory, running aimlessly, and this group of elites of the Monlin Empire became a group of lambs to be slaughtered at will.

Seeing that the gates of the city were closed, a huge fire rose in the city, and it was not long before the earth-shattering shouts, screams, and wails were heard from the city. Yule understands that he has once again fallen for Li Zijun! The two troops that entered the city are all finished!

After thinking everything through, Yule's face turned pale, and the green tendons on his forehead collapsed. He stared in the direction of Wimbledon and clenched his fists fiercely, his nails sunk into his palms, and his eye sockets were tearing from overexertion. But at this moment, Yule didn't feel anything at all, he just wanted to rush into the city and tear Li Zijun apart!

"Marshal, give the order quickly! if we rush forward now, we may still have time to rescue Bessie, and I am afraid it will be too late!" the general beside Yul urged anxiously beside him.

Yule ignored the general's words and did not respond, just waiting straight for the west gate of Wimbledon.

"Marshal!" the general was about to continue, but Yule raised his hand to stop him.

The fires in the city had gradually faded away, and the shouts of killing were getting quieter and quieter. But Yule remained where he was, neither ordering the siege nor retreating, but his eyes turned in the direction of Bob's camp.

Li Zijun had already made an agreement with Bob before he made his move tonight. As long as Yule dared to storm the city, Bob took the opportunity to attack the Monlin camp.

Seeing that Yuer had been holding back and not moving, Li Zijun was a little anxious. He thought about it briefly for a while, and ordered someone to escort the three thousand Menglin elites he had captured before to the city, preparing to implement the next step and fight for Bob.

"Edlaide, what do you want, are you not afraid of being punished by the gods by killing the captives like this?" Thinking that he had guessed Li Zijun's intentions, he shouted desperately at the head of the city, hoping to let Marshal Yule in the distance know what happened to them.

"Shout, shout as much as you want! Tonight is your zuihou night, don't waste your little time!" Li Zijun tried his best to show a cruel smile and said softly.

"You still want to sneak up on our camp!?" Bunian looked at Li Zijun in surprise, his voice returned to normal, and then he reacted and wanted to shout loudly, but was stopped by the soldiers behind him in time.

I didn't expect Bunian to guess his thoughts so quickly, Li Zijun was slightly stunned, and then showed a bitter smile, it seems that he still underestimated the heroes of the world! A famous general like Yule would never give Bob such a chance, he stayed outside the city and did not leave, he should have waited for Bob to attack the camp of Dongyu's army outside the city after making a move.

Thinking of this, Li Zijun immediately ordered someone to release a signal for Bob to withdraw the same way and give up the sneak attack on the Menglin camp.

With all this done, Li Zijun asked the soldier to let go of Bunian's mouth.

"I'm glad you stopped me from giving the wrong order, how about it, are you willing to serve me in the future?" Through the incident just now, Li Zijun became interested in Bunian.

"Don't try to lie to me!"

"No need! You didn't see that I had taken back the order. If you still don't believe it, you can still shout a few times, I promise not to stop you!" Li Zijun said indifferently.

"Can you really trust me?" Bunian was a little confused about Li Zijun's co-optation of himself at this time.

"Since I dare to use you, it means that I am willing to believe you!" Li Zijun's tone was full of confidence.

"What if I say 'no'?"

Li Zijun smiled and didn't say anything, and waved his hand to the city.

"General Yule, don't be rude! You dare to attack Wimbledon tonight, I would be so sorry if I didn't say anything! These people are my gift to you. Li Zijun shouted at the city.

At this time, Li Zijun's guards walked up to the city with more than a dozen Menglin captives, and these captives thought that their lives were short, and they all cursed Li Zijun in various vicious languages.

Li Zijun didn't say anything more about them, just nodded to his guards.

Seeing that after Li Zijun sent the signal, there was no movement on the side of his camp, Yule immediately guessed that Li Zijun had given up on Jihua who had attacked his camp, he sighed, and prepared to lead the army back. Yule didn't expect that Li Zijun was calling his name in the city at this time, and he wanted to stay and see what Li Zijun wanted to do.

After receiving Li Zijun's order, these guards pulled their swords into the distance, and the heads of more than a dozen Menglin captives fell from the city.

"I promise you! I promise you! Please don't kill again!" Bunian saw the blood of the Monlin captives spilling down on the city, he couldn't hold on any longer, and knelt down in front of Li Zijun and pleaded.

"Remember what you said! Now you can go over there and see your comrades. Li Zijun smiled and pointed to the corpses of the Menglin captives and said.

Seeing that Li Zijun said so easily, Bunian walked over with a full stomach of questions, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he suddenly had a feeling of crying and laughing.

It was just dark, and some distance away, but Bunian didn't see the situation clearly. When he walked over, he found that the dozen or so captives had been knocked unconscious, and the beheadings were all straw men wearing the costumes of the Monlin soldiers, and the liquid that spewed out was all water bags that had been placed on their backs in advance.

"You're so imaginative, you can come up with such a ghostly idea!" said Bunian with a wry smile as he returned to Li Zijun.

"Even if Yule doesn't attack, I can't let him go so easily!" Li Zijun chuckled as he pointed out of the city.

"Your move is too ruthless! Marshal Yule will definitely be branded with an infamy of not being able to save him tonight! Seriously damage Marshal Yule's prestige in our ranks! Your plan is worth 10,000 troops!"

"It's their team! From this day on, you belong only to the Seine!"

When Bunian heard Li Zijun's words, he couldn't help but smile wryly and shook his head.

As they spoke, Li Zijun's torture of Yule continued, and one by one the scarecrows dressed in the uniforms of the Monlin soldiers had their heads cut off. At this time, the sky was just dark, but they still couldn't see the situation at the head of the city clearly, and the patience of the Menglin army outside the city had been squeezed to the extreme, and their eyes when they looked at Yule became a little cold.

"Retreat!" Yule understood Li Zijun's intentions, but he couldn't find any way to stop Li Zijun for a while. The morale of Monlin's army has been greatly affected, and if he does not withdraw, I am afraid that even his commander will not be able to stop his men from rushing to Wimbledon.

"Marshal!" several generals shouted in unison.

"Retreat!" Yule coldly ordered, then turned the horse's head.

Thanks to Yuul's supremacy in the Monlin army, the warriors were still a little reluctant, but they eventually carried out his order.

Seeing the Ambush army outside Wimbledon withdrawing one after another, Li Zijun also secretly admired Yule's ability to command the army!

Li Zijun had already moved all thirty bed crossbows to the city wall, as long as Yul dared to give the order to launch an attack, with the current morale of the Monlin soldiers, not only would they not pose any threat to Wimbledon, but they would also very likely bring huge losses to the Monlin army.

Yule also thought of this, so he gave the order to retreat in the face of the world's condemnation.

After this battle, Li Zijun completely shattered the only remaining confidence of the Meng Lin army!

What made Yule feel even more helpless was that after dawn, he found that Li Zijun actually used a scarecrow to deceive him for one night. After seeing all this, the Meng Lin soldiers actually had a subtle change in their impression of Li Zijun, the killing god, and instead showed strong dissatisfaction with Yuer's refusal to save him!

Yule understands that this is all Li Zijun's conspiracy, but he can't give any explanation for himself. After this battle, what made Yule feel most hated was that Li Zijun had already established an invincible impression in the minds of the Meng Lin army!

It was a waste of time to stay here, and after a few days of rest outside the city, Yule reluctantly led the army to withdraw.

Watching Monlin's army withdraw from Wimbledon, the Dongyu soldiers on the city wall began to cheer!

Li Zijun was not surprised that Yule made such a choice. During this time, the Monlin army suffered setbacks one after another, and it had already lost its initial sharpness and self-confidence!

And once the reinforcements from the Dongyu Empire arrive, the gap in numbers between the two sides will be further narrowed. At that time, the situation will be reversed immediately, and the Monlin army will completely lose the initiative in the battle, and whether they can safely leave the Dongyu Empire will also become a problem. In order to avoid falling into such an embarrassing situation, Yule has only one way to go.

Li Zijun looked at the Meng Lin army that was gradually moving away, and remembered a letter sent to him by Princess Julie a few days ago. The letter constantly emphasized the alliance between the Dongyu Empire and the Turk-Hungarian Empire, and Julie expressed great dissatisfaction with the Menglin Empire's sneak attack on the Dongyu Empire! She agreed with Li Zijun that the armies of the two sides would work together to drive the Menglin army out of the Dongyu Empire and deal a fatal blow to Yule, the aggressor!

Julie sent the letter at a very accurate time, early or late, just before Yule was ready to retreat, the letter was delivered to Li Zijun.

And just before Julie's letter arrived in Wimbledon, the imperial court also sent an official document to Li Zijun.

The document appointed Li Zijun to continue to act as commander of the Northern Corps, and was also promoted to Bob as deputy marshal, and General Higgins also became the deputy commander of the Northern Corps, and he was now leading 50,000 forbidden troops to Wimbleton. In addition, 80,000 local troops will also arrive here in the near future, and all of them will be unified under Li Zijun's seat to listen to orders.

The official document also informed Li Zijun of the situation of the Southern Army: the eldest prince and Bellock had finally arrived in time for the third line of defense against the Fengqi Empire, where they had successfully blocked the Fengqi Empire's attack. The two sides have been holding each other for many days, and if there is no accident, the Fengqi Empire will soon withdraw its troops! Li Zijun has been worried about the situation on the southern defense line, and when he hears such news, he can finally rest assured.

It's just that there is an order in this official document, which makes Li Zijun a little uncomfortable. The military headquarters actually ordered Li Zijun to wait for an opportunity to recover the lost territory, and this official document was sent before the good news of William's ambush arrived in the capital. At that time, Li Zijun faced Yule's 350,000 victorious army with 85,000 mourning soldiers, and it was difficult to say whether he could hold Wimbledon.

After Bob saw this order, Li Zijun figured out what the military department was thinking. Hobbs and Sean are representatives of the military department, and they have lost face in such a fiasco! They hope that Li Zijun can also lose the battle, so that their hearts will be better!

When the empire was in danger, these guys still had such thoughts, Li Zijun couldn't help shaking his head and sighing!

A few days ago, Felton also sent information to Li Zijun. Before leaving the capital, Julie formally requested Princess Blanche to marry the eldest prince Vorster to the Dongyu Empire, and promised that once the two countries were married, they would help the Dongyu Empire militarily repel the surprise attack of the Monlin Empire.

Originally, Emperor Bixia was still a little hesitant at that time, but just after Hobbes and Sean were defeated, he had to agree to this request of the Turk-Hungarian Empire.

At present, the official document of the Dongyu Empire's marriage with the Turk-Hungarian Empire is already on the way, and it should be delivered to Li Zijun's hands soon. Emperor Bixia originally instructed Li Zijun to act cheaply on whether to cooperate with the Turgent Hungarian Empire, but the military department raised an objection and suggested that the emperor order Li Zijun to make a written report to the imperial court before and after the incident, and the emperor had adopted the military department's suggestion and revised the order.

Seeing the news sent back by Felton, Li Zijun scolded the bigwigs in the military department again. In doing so, they are worried that they will make meritorious contributions! These people are really reprehensible!

Fortunately, Li Zijun didn't have a good impression of Julie at all, and he didn't believe that the Turkish-Hungarian Empire would have the good intentions to help the Dongyu Empire! If it was really like what Julie said, the Turkish-Hungarian Empire would have intervened a long time ago, and he would not wait until the Menglin Empire was beaten by himself to the point that he was about to retreat, and Julie would send someone to send him a letter. Therefore, Li Zijun didn't care too much about the orders given to him by the military department.

It's just that Li Zijun thinks that Julie must have some conspiracy, and he hasn't thought of it for a while. So, when Monlin's army had withdrawn, he immediately sent Bob back to Wimbledon.

After Bob arrived at the command post, Li Zijun handed Julie's letter to him.

"The order of the imperial court is also coming soon, they have agreed to cooperate with the Turk-Hungarian Empire, look at this letter, what are your suggestions?" Li Zijun trusted Bob very much, and did not hide it at all.

"If we really succeed in destroying the Monlin army, the Monlin Empire will no longer have the strength to attack us on its own initiative within twenty years! Even if it is only a heavy blow to Yull, it can bring peace to the northern region for three or five years! But can we trust the Turk-Hungarian Empire?" Bob asked uncertainly, reading the letter in his hand.

"They drew us a big pie, but I don't think they could see it! I don't believe they would be so kind! If they really helped, they would have done it a long time ago, and they wouldn't have waited until this time to stand up. I think Julie must have some ulterior motives, but I can't guess what Julie wants.

"At first, I thought that the Turk-Hungarian Empire would take this opportunity to attack the city of Sarat and then occupy the Seine Peninsula. But they haven't done anything until now, so what else do they have in mind?" Bob shook his head and didn't think of anything.

"Get Bunyan in and see what he has to say. Li Zijun suddenly showed a treacherous smile.

"He is from the Monlin Empire, will he really help us deal with his homeland?" Bob asked puzzled when he saw Li Zijun's smile.

"Listen, it doesn't necessarily hurt anyway!" Li Zijun said as he ordered his men to bring Bunyan over.

Bunian didn't know what Li Zijun was looking for him, and looked at Li Zijun with a puzzled expression.

Li Zijun didn't talk nonsense, and pushed both the official document and Julie's letter in front of Bunian.

Bunian picked up the official documents and letters in front of him, and when he just saw the contents of Julie's letter, Bunie was shocked in his heart, if this incident was true, the Monlin army would probably be wiped out! But he immediately thought of something, smiled slightly, and relaxed his mood.

"You can help me think of thirty reasons not to send troops now!" Li Zijun asked Bunian with a smile, his expression full of spoof.

"Master Hou, I have only one reason is enough!" Bunian ignored Li Zijun's ridicule and said seriously.

"Oh, let's talk about it!" Hearing Bunian's words, Li Zijun and Bob were both interested.

"Master Hou, you won't really send troops at all!"

"That's your first reason!" Li Zijun said, picking up the water glass.

"If that's not enough, what is Princess Julie's reason for wanting to take Wimbleton?"

"What?" said Bob, who was no longer in the mood to see the excitement, and abruptly rose from his chair.

"Go on!" Li Zijun's expression was calm, and he continued to drink water. Seeing Li Zijun so steady, Bob smiled awkwardly and sat back in his place.

"Actually, Princess Julie knows very well that Hou Ye will not agree to her proposal, she just wants to use this letter to make Hou Ye relax her vigilance!"

"Under normal circumstances, after the Monlin army withdraws from the Dongyu Empire, they will automatically abandon the cities they occupied before due to supply problems. At that time, Master Hou, you will send someone to take over these cities and send someone to repair them, and this is what Princess Julie wants you to do!"